Sharpsburg Elementary receives grant for reading from Lowe's

Officials and volunteers at Sharpsburg Elementary School said they believe the motivation to read starts with ready access to a wide variety of books.

So they are happy that Lowe's Toolbox for Education awarded the school $5,000 recently to make such a selection of books available in every classroom.

The school's Citizens Advisory Council, volunteers and Lowe's are working to design shelving for several classrooms that will make accessibility to books a priority. When the shelving is ready, the remaining money will be used, along with money raised through the parent-teacher organization to buy a variety of books.

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"Informational books and books that appeal to boys are especially needed," said Sharpsburg Principal Carl Stark.

With the books in place, the plan is that teacher-designed incentives to read will get books into kids' hands and choosing to spend more of each day reading.